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At the start of the War, the French apparently didn't want to believe in a total and ferocious war with their European sister. The young French soldiers resisted as best they could, but their politicians struggled among themselves and forgot about their land. The state yields to Nazi force. The state restrains its army. French losses for this period: tens of thousands of soldiers. Millions of refugees. The map of the French Republic. And this is already a different country. It's called the French State. It's no longer a republic. Parliament is dissolved. There is no president. This line is where German troops decided to stop. From then on, the country consisted of two parts: the occupied, and the not yet taken. This is what the border between them looks like. The government of new France is formed in the small town of Vichy. It's a resort... waters, clinics...